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N2LF

· 1:15Quality 59lost lockwrap pinnedside-onDead-zone wrap

3D replay

Software-steadied: the hops of the camera motor are smoothed out (plane wobble −66%). Download

Trace

Where the aircraft sat in the frame, second by second. Click the chart to jump the video there.

—FOV —az —el —pose —
Lock

Events

Tracking metrics

How well the camera kept the aircraft centred. Tap a metric for what it means and what good looks like.

Lockshare of the pass
31%
First lockfrom target selected
5.6 s
Centring, medianaz / el while locked
0.88° / 0.12°
Centring, 90th pctaz / el while locked
1.18° / 0.34°
Tightest field of viewhorizontal
3.4°
Time to 8°from first lock
14.8 s
Time to tightestfrom first lock
67.8 s
Time at telefield of view ≤ 5.5°
23.8 s
Jitter at teleaz / el, standard deviation
0.45° / 0.16°
Swing at teleaz / el, peak to peak
1.37° / 0.65°
Pan reversalsper 10 s at tele
1.7
Largest pan hopin any 1 s at tele
13.69°
Largest tilt hopin any 1 s at tele
2.09°
Pose error, mediancommand vs camera
0.98°
Largest correctionvision vs prediction
1.07°
Zoom steps
90

Aircraft & route

Flight
N2LF
Registration
—
Type
—
Airline
—
From
—
To
—
Ground speed
360 kt
Altitude at closest
13,800 ft
Vertical rate
+2,176 ft/min
Category
A3
ICAO hex
a18e51

Pass geometry

Max elevation
32.7°
Elevation at start → end
32.7° → 16.9°
Azimuth at start → end
211° SSW → 160° SSE
Closest-approach azimuth
211° SSW
Minimum slant range
7.8 km
Heading at closest
138° SE
Aspect at closest
side-on (74°)
Turn
straight (0°)
Departure
Yes — climbing out after take-off
Zenith pass
No
Dead-zone wrap
Yes — pan pre-positioned across the stop
Duration
1:15 (74.5 s)
Lock
31%

Build & tuning

The tracker build that flew this pass and the live settings that mattered, so passes can be compared across changes.

Build
2026-10-16h — lock-first association on (A/B −40% tele gaps)
Commit
dfc3684
Node
v22.22.2
Camera
TONGVEO 20x PTZ · 1920×1080 @ 30 fps
Clip
37.5 MB · 75.0 s · offset -1.3 s
pursuit
velocity
maxLeadSec
3
panLatencySec
0.6
tiltLatencySec
0.4
rippleDeg
0.5
rippleTeleDeg
0.25
maxSpeedStepFwps
0.45
speedReachFrac
0.8
lockedSigmaDeg
0.35
sigmaGrowthDps
0.1
aimLeadSec
-0.06
correctionSlewDps
2.5
kp
1
ki
0.6

This clip and poster are © Skylight (Cameron Paczek): free for non-commercial use with credit to skylightceiling.com, not MIT. License